Bed-cover holder.



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UNITED STATES PATENT Patented June 23, 1903.

OFFICE.

BED-COVER HOLDER.

srnolmcarlon forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,844, dated June 23,19013;

Application filed August 27, 1902. Serial No. 121,201. (llo model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LFREDERIOK O. BI'LLINGs, acitizen of the United States,and a resident of Macon, in the county of Macon and State of Missouri,have invented a new and Improved Bed-Oover Holder, of which thefollowingis afull, clear, and exact description.

The inventionrelates to clampingdevices such as shown and described inLetters Patent of the United States No. 685,562, granted to me October29, 1901.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved bed-coverholder which is simple and durable in construction, cheap tomanufacture,-easily applied, and more especially designed for holdingthe coverings securely in position and to allow convenient opening ofthe holder for removal of the coverings' whenever it is desired to doso.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointedout in the claims. 7

Apractica'l embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothviews. Figure 1- is a perspective view of the improvement, showing themembers in an open unlocked position; and Fig.2 is a longitudinalsectional plied.

The improved bed-cover holder consists, essentially, of members A and B,a crank looking orclamping bar*(), and a hook D for holding the devicein position on a woven-wire or other bed-bottom 1E, over which extends amattress F, so that the device is located between the bottom E and themattress F, as indicated in Fig. 2. g I

The membersA and B are hinged together and are preferably madeapproximately U shape, the member A having its side bars A formed witheyes A engaging the middle bar B of the member B, the side arms 13 ofwhich are provided at their free ends with eyes B forming journals forthe trunnions O of the crank-bar C, adapted to clamp coverings G inposition in a downwardly and inwardly extending hook A formed by theouter porelevation of the same as aptions of the side bars A and themiddle portion A of the member A,

A brace H connects the side bars B of the member B with each other toprevent the said to the member A, after which the operator turns thehandle 0 so as to swing the crank clamping-bar 0 forward and downward toclamp the material of the covering G in the hook A of the member A, asplainly indicated in Fig. 2. When the covering is thus locked to thedevice, the latter is pushed under the mattress over the bed-bottomuntil the covering is drawn tight, as desired, and then the hook D ishooked onto the bed-bottom E to hold the device and cover againstmovement.

When it is desired to release the covering G, the operator turns thehandle 0 in an opposite direction to swing the clamping-bar 0 back intoits former position, and thereby unlock the material previously clampedin the hook A by the said clamping-bar.

Any suitable number of devices, as shown and described, may be appliedon the bed near both the sides and ends of the bottom IE, it beingunderstood that in either case, however, the device is not visible fromthe outside.

It is understood that by the arrangement described the covering issecurely fastened in place, so as to prevent children, patients, andother persons from displacing the coverings while asleep.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A bed-cover holder comprising two members hingedtogether, one of the members being provided at its free end with a hookand the other member carrying a turnable crank jonrnaled in the saidbearings of the second clamping-bar, adapted to swing in and out ofmember, the said clamping-bar being adapted the said hook, and afastening device for the to swing in and out of thehook of the first- 15said members, to removably hold the same in named member, as set forth.

5 position on the bed-bottom, as set forth. In testimony whereof I havesigned my 2. Abed-cover holder comprisingtwo memname to thisspecification in the presence of bers hinged together, one of themembers havtwo subscribing witnesses. ing its free end terminating in ahook extendinc; downwardly and inwardly toward the free FREDERICKBILLINGS' IO end of the other member, the latter being pro- Witnesses:

vided with bearings at its free end, a crank CHAS. E. THOMPSON,

clamping-bar having a handle and trunnions WALTER T. DUNAWAY.

